“She would never have achieved her goals without the backing of her parents.”
“He ran for office with the backing of several notable friends in the publishing world.”
“These are specialist investors who provide financial backing to claimants they believe will be awarded damages in a legal dispute.”
backline
(rugby) Collectively, the players known as backs, whose job it is to create and exploit space.
(rugby) The imaginary tactical line across the field that passes through the backs, through their primary line of attack/defence (i.e. excluding any players in a more backward defensive position).
“The only you will get customers is if you get off your backside, commit, and follow through.”
“Quaid, get your backside to Mars!”
“Fletcher heads up the quarter pipe, with his feet in position for a normal backside kickturn.”
back
A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
“After arriving in Hollywood and giving a deserved comeuppance to a backstabber, he realizes that Tinsel Town is not the place he thought, and hoped, it would be.”
“Fans had been waiting for months to unleash their anger, to call James a traitor and a backstabber and a fraud at close range.”
“Would you mind being compared to Gollum, the slimy, bulged-eyed backstabber from JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings fantasy novels?”
“By taking care of freeloaders, backscratchers, old chums, businessmen and football tourists, your FA Cup Final ticketing policy is a Charter For Touts.”
“Artisans fashion Powell's antlers into all sorts of products, everything from lavish chandeliers and coffee tables to simple backscratchers and toilet paper holders.”
“This classily produced and coolly graceful set features chunky Hot Club rhythm-guitar backings, lazily driving blues and subtly underplayed Hammond organ breaks.”
“Again, the crosslight is best designed to angle slightly upstage taking care not to produce shadows on backings.”
“Veiny swaths of polyester resin rest on wooden backings, their texture by turns gelidly smooth or ulcerous, suggesting human hides or irregular spills of melting fat.”